Entertainment
November Air Show
October 16, 2025
The 2025 Florida International Air Show will be held on Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Punta Gorda Airport. See FloridaAirShow.com
Camera Club sets out speaker list for year
October 16, 2025
The Boca Grande Camera Club launches its new 2025/2026 season with a series of guest speakers as well as field trips. This year, meetings will resume in the Crowninshield House of the Community Cent…
New Mote Science Education Aquarium open
October 9, 2025
The brand-new Mote Science Education Aquarium opened to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at University Town Center in Sarasota.
In addition to the Workforce Development and STEM Teaching labs…
Mote Aquarium opens in Sarasota Wednesday
October 2, 2025
The new Mote Science Education Aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota is opening to the public next Wednesday, Oct. 8.
Mote SEA will provide science education and enhanced levels of ocean…
September/October Gasparilla Magazine out
September 18, 2025
Featuring Mah Jongg, shell collections and a natural cemetery
The new edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pag…
Cedar Point plans volunteer open house on Monday
September 11, 2025
Cedar Point Environmental Center will host a volunteer open house and intracoastal cleanup on Monday, Sept. 15, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the park, 2300 Placida Road.
The event, held in partners…
Book sale begins
September 11, 2025
The Friends of the Englewood Charlotte Library will be sponsoring a “Bag O’ Books Sale” from Monday, September 15, 2025 through Saturday, September 20, 2025 at the library at 3450 N. Access Rd., Tri…
Camera Club invites 2025-26 season
September 11, 2025
The Boca Grande Camera Club has been very busy planning a fascinating season for 2025-26. The new season kicks off on Nov. 18 with “What We Did Last Summer,” where members submit photos for all to e…
Some fun suggestions for end-of-summer reading
August 28, 2025
What are you reading this summer? Ellen Cornwell of The Tide and her husband Andy have recommended some of favorite books for summer reading, including fiction, non-fiction and youth and children. …
Monkey Chico takes kids on tour
August 28, 2025
Julie Horning has released a new children’s book titled “B is for Boca Grande: Alphabet Adventure of the Charming Village of Boca Grande, Florida.” The protagonist is Chico, a monkey that hung out a…